We planned on being away for 5-7 days depending on the weather. Our route was planned to ride east of the John Day River and up to the Gifford Pinchot National Forest in Washington. The weather would change our plans for that.

Paulina store lost their liquor license for a bit so no beer from the store, but the tavern was still open so we sat down for a frosty mug.
The end of the day was near and camp was close at this point.

We had a great meal and fire that night and headed to bed fairly early.
The next morning I woke up to the sound of some light rain on the tent. Nothing much but it was in the 30's and it made for a cold damp morning.

Riding through the snow is kind of fun we got lots of waves and thumbs up from the deer hunters in their cushy campers. We were both cold muddy messes by the time we got down to Spray for a fuel and coffee stop.

Its in really rough shape but definitely strong enough to support the bikes.
While we're on it Posum says "look there's a car down there."
So I look and see this. On all the embankments they stabilized.

Thanks for sharing your ride! It looks like you guys had a great time on your way up to the AVR.

I'm looking forward to the rest of the story... :beer

wachs

10-09-2013 09:35 PM

Choice! :clap

Mr Dual Sport

10-09-2013 10:08 PM

We start working our way to the Columbia River along the John Day and I've already realized we're not going to be anywhere near my destination for the night. In fact our camping situation may be less than favorable. But there was something on my mind that I needed to take care of before we were wandering around in the dark looking for a place to camp.
I stopped and asked Posum to take off her helmet. But first she wanted a shadow picture of the ADV salute. I obliged.